Shipping parts to Canada- what's the big deal?

[Pioneer]

I am trying to get parts for a couple of my saws, and some sellers located in the states absolutly refuse to ship to me in Canada, even when it means they will not get the part sold! Is it that difficult to fill out paperwork to ship something usps to Canada? Seems ironic when some of these parts were made here.

 

[Fish]

I have shipped to Canada before, and had no problems. What kind of parts
are you ordering?

 

[Blowdown1]

only problem I have had is the tax issue and buyers wanting to "fudge" the value or nature of what is being sent to avoid or decrease the taxes paid. May be that retailers here don't want that potential hassle. Or maybe they are just lazy.

 

[Crofter]

I was told by one dink at a large US mail order place that they couldn't process CANADIAN Visa Card transactions. Do you suppose they have to pay employees of that caliber?

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

I work at UPS. There is a little more work involved in shipping international(3 copies of invoice with customs value, country of origin, if any mistakes customs holds it up) I think they are juat lazy! Its not that terribly expensive. Have you thought of having someone in the states order for you, and ship to you? You would have to pay double shipping, but at least you would get parts. JMTC

 

[Pioneer]

Fish, I am looking for small parts for Homelites. As far as tax goes, we don't pay them on chainsaws and their parts according to the revenue Canada website. This makes the declared value a non-issue. How hard is the usps export form to fill out? Am I just running up against people with isolationist issues? Some people will not sell to foreigners even if they give them an American address. A proxy buyer/shipper would be an option, depending on the original cost of the part and it's availability.

 

[Bill G]

I a ship a few saws and parts to Canada, UK, Austrailia, Germany, and the Netherlands. I use USPS Air overseas and whatever cheapest to go to Canda. The extra forms take a couple minutes and I basically triple box saws that are going international. There is no real hassle at all. The rates can be a little high. I sent a new MS460 with two bars and two chains to the UK. It was $125 for air. A new 346XP to Germany was around $70 air. I believe the 346XP that went to Canada was about $20-$25. People are simply lazy when it comes to shipping.

Bill

 

[trimmmed]

What Bill said......... Usps is easy

 

[glens]

Have Hunter slip them in while making one of his border runs!  hahaha!

 

[Fish]

do you know what part numbers you need? Or give me model and ut numbers off of the saws.

 

[ontario026]

I have purchased some items from the US and had them shipped up via UPS, Both times I got charged duty and brokerage fees, the brokerage fees can turn a good deal into a not-so-good of a deal in a hurry... I have been told that stuff shipped usps sometimes slip through without the brokerage headache...

 

[Al Smith]

What's nice about using Visa,or any other card for international purchases,is the fact that they automaticaly figure the exchange rate .I have never had a problem with parts from Canada .

 

[Toneman]

Bill, that 346XP you sold me was only $22.00. It's not bad at all, to ship parts between Canada and USA. UPS does a good job, and my only complaint with them is their brokerage fees, sometimes they are a little high.

 

[ontario026]

The brokerage fees are my big issue... I don't mind taxes and possibly a few percent duty at the border depending on the item, but I forget the exact item, but I have paid more in brokerage fees than the item was worth once, that was with UPS.... I have heard USPS is better when it comes to brokerage, but haven't tried it yet so I can't say for sure

 

[Bill G]

If USPS is a better at avoiding additional fees then the next time I ship to Canada I will not use UPS. I know the MS 460 that went to the UK got even more expensive. The buyer said he ended up with about $200 in fees. He wanted me to put a declared value of $100 but I could not do that and still insure it for it's real value.

Bill

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

I believe the "easy away" hint-hint, is to insure full value, declare it a "gift" shipment, and ship UPS. I THINK this avoids most of the fees. Im not positive on this so check first ;-)

 

[Toneman]

Warrenty Repair is the best way to go.

 

[WOODBUTCHER]

Ahhh yes forgot that one.

 

[Bill G]

I always indicate the item as a gift on the USPS forms but in the case of the 460 I guess it did not help.

Bill

 

[ozflea]

Heres one for you, i won on Ebay a bar and airfilter assy for a Mc47 for US$ 39-00 but the fella wouldn't accept paypal, so off to my bank i went and was informed that to transfer money internationally is not cheep and their right my bank wanted $25-00 to send the money and the Quebec was going to charge me 30-00 to place it in this fellas account, that means i'm paying 55-00 dollars to the money mungers who punch buttons no way. In future i cannot afford to deal with the Canadians if they don't use Paypal.
I don't mind paying a little extra but not to the banks, when i asked about Western Union they advised me it wasn't safe to send money of less than $150-00 if you didn't know if there wasn't a branch or agent close to the reciever as sometimes the money doesn't get picked up.

So it might be with a very careful eye before i purchase from Canada but if the seller offers Paypal then it's on as this is a great service they offer.

Bob Cornwell.............Australia.